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- No. 11: Leo Suryadinata, Visiting Senior Fellow
- No. 33: ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute
- No. 40: Sharon Seah, Senior Fellow, Joanne Lin, Lead Researcher, and Melinda Martinus, Lead Researcher
- No. 41: Sharon Seah, Senior Fellow
- No. 43: ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute
Brunei | Cambodia | Indonesia | Laos | Malaysia | Myanmar | Philippines | Singapore | Thailand | Timor-Leste | Vietnam | ASEAN / Southeast Asia | Asia Pacific | East / South China Sea | Climate Change/Environment | Others
Cambodia
1. How Phnom Penh Can Recapture Its Mid-Century Glory
Oung Ty Keithya
Diplomat, 12 August 2022
2. Candlelight Party’s Son Chhay charged with defaming Cambodia’s ruling CPP
Star, 12 August 2022
3. Cambodia: Resilient Growth Backed by Strong Fiscal Stimulus and High Vaccination Rates
AMRO, 11 August 2022
4. Campaigns, criminalisation and concessions: indigenous land rights in Cambodia
Bunly Soeung
New Mandala, 11 August 2022
5. Debt restructuring over, time to tackle rising NPL ratio
Sangeetha Amarthalingam
Phnom Penh Post, 11 August 2022
Indonesia
6. Women’s empowerment can boost economy by 20–25%: BI
Antara, 12 August 2022
7. Post-Widodo political jockeying kicks off in Indonesia
John McBeth
Asia Times, 12 August 2022
8. Political parties prepare for a three-plus-horse race
Yerica Lai
Jakarta Post, 12 August 2022
9. PLN warns of another crisis in coal supply
Jakarta Post, 12 August 2022
10. Cop-on-cop killing rocks and roils Indonesia
John McBeth
Asia Times, 11 August 2022
11. Indonesia: Regional Power By The Grace Of China
Globe Echo, 11 August 2022
12. Fuel Subsidy Could Explode Beyond Gov’t Ability
Jakarta Globe, 11 August 2022
13. Puan to embark on “political safari” after Independence Day
Yerica Lai
Jakarta Post, 11 August 2022
Malaysia
14. 6 Bersatu MPs to opt out of GE15, says report
Free Malaysia Today, 12 August 2022
15. Warisan man tells why his party seeks alliance with PBS
Willie Jude
Free Malaysia Today, 12 August 2022
16. Najib, the man with the ‘tainted touch’
Mariam Mokhtar
Malaysiakini, 12 August 2022
17. Islam, Malay rights were never under threat during Pakatan govt, says Amanah leader
Alfian Z.M. Tahir
Malaysian Insight, 12 August 2022
18. Funding Bill in October meet
Martin Carvalho
Star, 12 August 2022
19. Senior leader quits Sabah PKR, cites loss of confidence in Anwar
Durie Rainer Fong
Star, 12 August 2022
20. Najib’s son talked up as GE candidate ahead of ex-PM’s final appeal against jail term
Ram Anand
Straits Times, 12 August 2022
21. Projek kapal tempur tak siap jejas momentum BN hadapi PRU-15 [Uncompleted combat ship affects BN’s momentum for GE-15]
Dr Mohammad Tawfik Yaakub
Berita Harian (Malaysia), 11 August 2022
22. Kitingan: GRS keen on GE15 tie-up with BN but will have contingency plans
Julia Chan
Malay Mail Online, 11 August 2022
23. PKR completes new state chiefs list – Nurul Izzah to lead Penang, Kedah, Perlis
Malaysiakini, 11 August 2022
24. Sabah Umno will not compromise on parliamentary seats
Paul Mu
New Straits Times, 11 August 2022
25. Solving the Skills Crunch: Penang Industries Face Hiring Challenges during Economic Recovery
Ong Wooi Leng
Penang Institute, 11 August 2022
26. Working with Umno is ‘worst-case’ scenario, says Anwar
Ivan Loh
Star, 11 August 2022
Myanmar
27. Report Claims 38 Singapore-Based Firms Supplying Myanmar’s Military
Sebastian Strangio
Diplomat, 12 August 2022
28. From headhunting to weaponized drones: Myanmar’s Wa carve own path
Denis D. Gray
Nikkei Asia, 12 August 2022
29. Myanmar’s Sanctions-Hit Junta Still Netting Vast Oil, Gas Profits
Zsombor Peter
VOA, 11 August 2022
30. The Dangerous Mission to Sneak Sacks of Cash in Western Aid Into Myanmar
Feliz Solomon
Wall Street Journal, 11 August 2022
Philippines
31. One of the longest school closures in the world threaten Philippine workforce quality
South China Morning Post, 12 August 2022
32. Marcos Jr disappointing anti-China analysts
Mark Valencia
Asia Times, 11 August 2022
Singapore
33. 口述历史中心撒网收声 与各机构合作培训人才 《联合早报》为编百年报业史也参与 [Oral History Center gathers voices, cooperates with various institutions to train talents]
Lianhe Zaobao 联合早报, 12 August 2022
Thailand
34. Government moves to tame fuel crisis
Phusadee Arunmas
Bangkok Post, 12 August 2022
35. Youth jobless rate in region set to spike amid virus fallout
[Link to the 300-page PDF report, “Global Employment Trends for Youth 2022: Investing in transforming futures for young people”]
Bangkok Post, 12 August 2022
36. Opposition fails in push for House debate on PM’s 8-year term
Nation, 11 August 2022
Vietnam
37. Vietnam Takes Major Step Forward in Recognizing LGBTQ Rights
Sebastian Strangio
Diplomat, 12 August 2022
38. Nguyễn Phú Trọng’s Legacy
David Brown
Asia Sentinel, 11 August 2022
ASEAN/Southeast Asia
39. Time to bounce Myanmar from ASEAN?
David Scott Mathieson
Asia Times, 12 August 2022
40. 55th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting: Much ado about everything (or nothing)?
[Originally published as “55th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting: Much Ado About Everything (or Nothing)?” on Fulcrum]
Sharon Seah, Joanne Lin, and Melinda Martinus
AsiaLink, 12 August 2022
41. 18 months after coup, Myanmar needs a ‘clear endgame’ for peace, urges Malaysia’s Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah
Maria Siow
South China Morning Post, 12 August 2022
42. Chairman’s Statement of the ASEAN Post Ministerial Conference (PMC) 10+1 Sessions with the Dialogue Partners and Trilateral Meetings [28-page PDF document]
ASEAN Secretariat News, 11 August 2022
43. To nuke or not to nuke in SE Asia
David Hutt
Asia Times, 11 August 2022
44. The Taiwan Crisis Could Spill Over Into Southeast Asia
Huynh Tam Sang
Diplomat, 11 August 2022
Asia Pacific
45. Wang Yi: Promoting peace, cooperation and development jointly in Asia
CGTN, 12 August 2022
46. China’s CPTPP bid reveals the political dimension of global trade ambitions
Zhijie Ding and Wanjun Zhao
East Asia Forum, 11 August 2022
47. United States and China vie for influence in Indo-Pacific
Doug Strub
East Asia Forum, 11 August 2022
48. US looks to key Asian partners as Indonesia ‘likely to reject’ calls for Russian oil price cap
Resty Woro Yuniar
South China Morning Post, 11 August 2022
East/South China Sea
49. Duty To Cooperate And Practical Cooperation In The South China Sea
Lucio Blanco Pitlo III
Eurasia Review, 11 August 2022
50. Manila backs Senate bill to officially rename contested waters ‘West Philippine Sea’
Luis Liwanag and Basilio Sepe
Radio Free Asia, 11 August 2022
Climate Change/Environment
51. Beating the Heat: Investing in Pro-Poor Solutions for Urban Resilience
Asian Development Bank, 12 August 2022
52. How victims can pay polluters for a win-win result
Euston Quah
Jakarta Post, 12 August 2022
53. As nuclear tensions ratchet up, Asia’s embrace of atomic power offers hope
Bhavan Jaipragas
South China Morning Post, 12 August 2022
54. Vietnam’s Block B Gas Project – the Potential Impact on the Involved Parties
Viktor Tachev
Energy Tracker Asia, 11 August 2022
55. Green groups slam Marcos government’s push for mining as ‘key driver’ in Philippines economic recovery
Hannah Alcoseba Fernandez
Eco-Business, 10 August 2022
Others
Media, Technology & Society
56. Global Race On for Hegemony Over Technology
Hee-jin Lee
Asia Sentinel, 11 August 2022
57. The United Kingdom’s Online Safety Bill Exposes a Disinformation Divide
Caitlin Chin
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) (United States), 11 August 2022
58. Vietnam’s government struggles to counter what it calls ‘fake news’
Radio Free Asia, 10 August 2022
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